Last summer, at a family gathering after the funeral of our cousin Beth, I had a chance to take this picture of a hamsa tattoo belonging to another cousin, Rachel:This hamsa is on Rachel’s inner arm, and was tattooed by Eric Lao (@biggetatz), who currently works out of Sub Q Tattoo in Middletown, New York.The hamsa is a symbol, popular in the Middle East, that is used to ward off the evil eye. This protective amulet is often found in …

Our final tattooed poet in April is Lynne DeSilva-Johnson.I’ve been talking to Lynne about contributing for over four years, and I finally met her last summer at the annual NYC Poetry Festival on Governor’s Island.Here are some of Lynne’s tattoos:Lynne explains:”The hand tattoos are from 2007. On my left hand is an eye, radiating out — the all seeing eye combined with the classic symbolism of eye-…